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Meaning of incisive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

incisive

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈsaɪsɪv/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.

    Example: An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.

  2. Intelligently analytical and concise.

  3. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

  4. Of or relating to the incisors.

    Example: the incisive bones, the premaxillaries